Peggy Seeger was born into a musical family. This simple tune has radical implications. “Jesus was a mother’s child.” We are who we are because somebody loved us at a personal cost. More and listen after the jump:

Thad Cockrell (left) is the son of a Baptist minister, so he’s just as comfortable singing about women and heartbreak as he is about Jesus and grace. Read more and listen to “To Be Loved” in which he sings, “He knows the names of my sorrows. He knows the names of my fears. Why should I let them bother me, for I know He is near” after the jump:

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